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History and Civics Materials for the nation's 250th Anniversary

Landmarks of American History & Culture

Resources for place-based teaching and research

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The Amendments Project
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Immigration and Citizenship Keyword Thesaurus for Chronicling America

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In Her Shoes: Lois Weber and the Female Filmmakers Who Shaped Early Hollywood
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Preparing for National History Day
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Art and Remembrance: Using Art to Teach the Holocaust and Combat Hate
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Landmarks of American History and Culture

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Photograph of prison cell

Punishment: The American Story

People at work on archaeological dig site, trees and bay in background

From the Fragments: Places and People in Colonized New England

Colored photo of the exterior front entrance to the Pequot Museum with

The Pequot War: America’s First Attempted Genocide and the Resilience of the Pequot People

Map of Virginia with French cursive script

Virginia and the Founding of a Nation: Examining the American Revolution on the Eve of the 250th Anniversary

The Immigrant Experience in California through Literature and History

The Immigrant Experience in California through Literature and History

Portrait of W.E.B. DuBois, c. 1907.

The Souls of Black Folk

Map depicting routes of the Underground Railroad

Sailing to Freedom: New Bedford and the Underground Railroad

Black and white photo of two-story brick building with a car in front

The City of Brotherly Love: Religious Diversity, Freedom, and the Founding of the Nation in Philadelphia

Three people sitting, with the main focus being on one person sharing a thought; and a paper plate saying "Mega-Family"

Upstander Academy: Rethreading the Needle of Native American History through Land and Water-Based Learning

Ida B. Wells Barnett, in a photograph by Mary Garrity (c. 1893).

Rethinking the Gilded Age and Progressivisms: Race, Capitalism, and Democracy, 1877-1920

NEH Connections

NEH programs, projects, and resources for educators

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"Fill Up the Jails": Creative Protest and the Virtual Martin Luther King Project
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Adiós Amor: The Search for Maria Moreno